Saint Romaric : statue en pierre, XVIIe siècle, Musée Charles de Bruyères, Remiremont
Saint Romaric
Fondateur de
Remiremont (+ 653)
Romary ou Remiré.
Père de famille, ancien
courtisan du roi d'Austrasie, Théodebert, il était "leude" de la cour
de Metz, ce qui signifie qu'il avait un lien personnel de servitude avec cette
cour. Il vit ses biens confisqués par les partisans de la cruelle reine
Brunehaut.
Lorsque les affaires
changèrent de face, et revenu en grâce à la cour, il resta convaincu de
l'instabilité des choses humaines et fut converti à la vie monastique par saint
Aimé, disciple de saint
Colomban, venu de Grenoble.
Devenu moine à Luxeuil,
dans les Vosges, il fonda avec lui à Saint-Mont un monastère double (moines au
bas de la montagne, religieuses au sommet, monastère fondé par deux de ses
filles.) qui s'appellera 'Romarici Mons' qui deviendra l'actuel Remiremont.
C'est là qu'il mourra en 653.
Voir aussi sur le site
internet du diocèse
de Saint-Dié, le début de l'évangélisation du pays de Remiremont:
"Amé ou Aimé naît à
Grenoble vers 570. Adolescent, il entre à l’abbaye de Saint-Maurice d’Agaune
(Suisse). Il y vit pendant trente ans en moine exemplaire, puis se retire comme
ermite dans une grotte. Saint Eustase le décide à l’accompagner à Luxeuil.
D’une mission prêchée à Metz,
il ramène Romaric. Vers 620, Amé et Romaric gagnent le Mont Habend (futur Saint
Mont). Sous la règle de Saint Colomban, ils y fondent deux monastères de moines
et de moniales. 'La louange perpétuelle' est assurée par sept chœurs de
religieuses. Amé en est le premier abbé.
Il meurt le 13 septembre
629. Romaric, devenu prêtre, lui succède. Il s’éteint à son tour le dimanche 8
décembre 653. Adelphe devient le 3e abbé. C’est le début de l’évangélisation du
pays de Remiremont. Le 13 novembre 1049, le pape lorrain Saint Léon IX canonise
les 'Corps Saints' par la translation de leurs reliques."
Au mont Hebend dans les
Vosges, en 653, saint Romary, abbé. Proche du roi d’Austrasie Théodebert II, il
se retira, après l’assassinat de celui-ci, au monastère de Luxeuil, puis il
fonda un autre monastère sur son domaine, dont il fut le second abbé, après
saint Amé.
Martyrologe romain
Dieu ami des humbles
tu as appelé les saints Amé, Romaric et Adelphe
à mener une vie fraternelle
dans la prière et le partage ;
Fais-nous la grâce de vivre comme eux
attentifs les uns aux autres,
à l’écoute de l’Esprit que tu nous a donné.
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/245/Saint-Romaric.html
Saint Romaric, abbé
Diocèse de St Dié (et
diocèse de Nancy et de Toul avant 1955).
Romaric, dit aussi Romary
ou Remiré.
Père de famille, ancien
courtisan du roi d’Austrasie, Théodebert, il était leuque (tribu celte de la
région de Toul) mais demeurait à la cour d’Austrasie, ce qui signifie qu’il
avait un lien personnel de servitude avec cette cour. Il vit d’ailleurs ses
biens confisqués par les partisans de la reine Brunehilde.
Lorsque les affaires
changèrent de face, et revenu en grâce à la cour, il resta convaincu de
l’instabilité des choses humaines et fut converti à la vie monastique par saint
Amé, disciple de saint Colomban, venu de Grenoble.
Devenu moine à Luxeuil,
dans les Vosges, il fonda avec lui à Saint-Mont un monastère double (moines au
bas de la montagne, religieuses au sommet, monastère fondé par deux de ses
filles) qui s’appellera Romarici Mons et deviendra l’actuelle Remiremont. C’est
là qu’il mourra en 653.
Le 13 novembre 1049, le
pape lorrain Saint
Léon IX canonise les "Corps Saints" de St
Amé, St Romaric et St
Adelphe, leur successeur par la translation de leurs reliques.
die 10 decembris
SANCTI ROMARICI
Abbatis
In Diœcesi Nanceiensi et
Tullensi
(ante CR 1955 :
duplex)
Ant. ad
Introitum. Ps. 54, 8 et 10.
Ecce elongávi fúgiens, et
mansi in solitúdine : quóniam vidi iniquitátem et contradictiónem in
civitáte.
Ps. ibid., 2-3.
Exáudi, Deus, oratiónem
meam, et ne despéxeris deprecatiónem meam : inténde mihi, et exáudi me
V/. Glória Patri.
Oratio.
Omnípotens sempitérne
Deus, qui beátum Romarícum aulæ terrénæ subdúctum perículis, ad cæléstis aulæ
consuetúdinem mirabíliter traduxísti : da, quǽsumus ; ut cuius
gaudémus méritis, eiúsdem et précibus adiuvémur, et formémur exémplis. Per
Dóminum.
Com. Octavæ
Immaculatæ Conceptionis, Octavæ S.
Nicolai, Feriæ,
ac S.
Melchiadis Papæ et Mart.
Léctio Epístolæ beáti
Ioánnis Apóstoli
1 Ioann. 2, 15-17.
Filíoli : Nolíte
dilígere mundum neque ea quæ in mundo sunt. Si quis díligit mundum, non
est cáritas Patris in eo : quóniam omne quod est in mundo, concupiscéntia
carnis est, et concupiscéntia oculórum, et supérbia vitæ ; quæ non est ex
Patre, sed ex mundo est. Et mundus transit et concupiscéntia eius ; qui
autem facit voluntátem Dei, manet in ætérnum.
Graduale. Ier. 51,
6.
Fúgite de médio
Babylónis, et salvet unusquísque ánimam suam.
V/. Apoc. 18,
4. Exíte de illa, pópule meus, ne partícipes sitis delictórum eius.
Allelúia, allelúia.
V/. Thren. 3, 27. [1] Thren. : Lamentations de Jérémie le
Prophète.] Bonum est viro cum portáverit iugum Dómini ab adolescéntia sua.
Allelúia.
In Missis votivis post
Septuagesimam, ommissis Allelúia et versu sequenti, dicitur
Tractus. Ps. 14, 1-2
Dómine, quis habitábit in
tabernáculo tuo ? aut quis requiéscet in monte sancto tuo ?
V/. Qui ingréditur sine
mácula, et operátur iustítiam.
V/. Ibid.,
5. Qui facit hæc, non movébitur in æternum.
Tempore paschali
omittitur graduale, et eius loco dicitur :
Allelúia, allelúia.
V/. Thren. 3, 27 Bonum est viro cum portáverit iugum Dómini ab
adolescéntia sua
Allelúia. V/. Ps.
132, 1. Ecce quam bonum et quam iucúndum habitáre fratres in unum.
Allelúia
+ Sequéntia sancti
Evangélii secúndum Lucam
Luc. 12, 32-34.
In illo témpore :
Dixit Iesus discípulis suis : Nolíte timére, pusíllus grex, quia
complácuit Patri vestro dare vobis regnum. Véndite quæ possidétis, et date
eleemósynam. Fácite vobis sácculos, qui non veteráscunt, thesáurum non
deficiéntem in cælis : quo fur non apprópiat, neque tínea corrúmpit. Ubi
enim thesáurus vester est, ibi et cor vestrum erit.
Ant. ad
Offertorium. Ion. 2, 10.
In voce laudis immolábo
tibi : quæcúmque vovi, reddam tibi.
Secreta
Deus, qui in sanctis
hábitas et pia corda non déseris : súscipe propítius múnera nostra ;
et per intercessiónem beáti Romaríci, Con-fessóris tui, líbera nos a terrénis
desidériis et cupiditáte carnáli : ut nullo in nobis regnánte peccáto,
tibi soli Dómino líberis méntibus servíre valeámus. Per Dóminum nostrum
Com. duarum Odavarum,
Feriæ, ac S, Melchiadis.
Præfatio Immaculatæ
Conceptionis, ratione Octavæ.
Ant. ad
Communionem. Ps. 15, 11.
Notas mihi fecísti vias
vitæ ; adimplébis me lætítia cum vultu tuo, Dómine
Postcommunio
Per huius virtútem
sacraménti, tríbue nobis, Dómine, beáti Romaríci exémplo, in sémita mandatórum
tuórum iúgiter ambuláre : ut opus bonum quod cœpísti in nobis, ipse
perfícías usque in diem Christi Iesu : Qui tecum vivit.
Com. duarum Odavarum,
Feriæ, ac S, Melchiadis.
In Diœcesi Sancti Deodati
III classis (ante CR
1960 : duplex maius)
Missa ut supra.
SAINT ROMARIC
Abbé
Dans
le Diocèse de Nancy et de Toul
(avant 1955 :
double)
Introït
Voici que je me suis
éloigné en fuyant, et j’ai demeuré au désert : car j’ai vu l’iniquité et
la contradiction dans la ville.
Exaucez, ô Dieu, ma
prière, et ne méprisez pas ma supplication : Écoutez-moi, et exaucez-moi.
Collecte
Dieu éternel et
tout-puissant, vous qui avez conduit admirablement vers les coutumes de la cour
céleste le bienheureux Romaric qui avait fui les périls de la cour
terrestre : donnez-nous, nous vous en prions, puisque nous nous réjouissons
de ses mérites, d’être soutenus par ses prières et formés par ses exemples.
Mémoire de l’Octave
de l’Immaculée Conception, de l’Octave de St
Nicolas, de la Férie
d’Avent, et de St
Melchiade Pape et Mart.
Lecture de l’Épitre de
saint Jean Apôtre.
Mes petits Enfants :
N’aimez pas le monde, ni les choses qui sont dans le monde. Si quelqu’un aime
le monde, l’amour du Père n’est point en lui, car tout ce qui est dans le monde
est concupiscence de la chair, et concupiscence des yeux, et orgueil de la
vie ; et cela ne vient pas du Père, mais du monde. Or le monde passe, et
sa concupiscence avec lui ; mais celui qui fait la volonté de Dieu demeure
éternellement.
Graduel
Fuyez du milieu de
Babylone, et que chacun sauve sa vie.
V/. Sortez du milieu
d’elle, mon peuple, afin de ne point participer à ses péchés.
Allelúia, allelúia. V/.
Il est bon à l’homme de porter le joug du Seigneur dès sa jeunesse. Alléluia.
Aux Messes votives après
la Septuagésime, on omet l’Alléluia et son verset et on dit
Trait
Seigneur, qui habitera
dans votre tabernacle ? ou qui reposera sur votre montagne sainte ?
V/. Celui qui vit sans tache,
et qui pratique la justice
V/. Celui qui se conduit
ainsi ne sera jamais ébranlé.
Pendant le temps pascal,
on omet le graduel et à sa place on dit :
Allelúia, allelúia. V/.
Il est bon à l’homme de porter le joug du Seigneur dès sa jeunesse.
Allelúia. V/. Ah !
qu’il est bon et agréable pour des frères d’habiter ensemble !
Alléluia !
Suite du Saint Evangile
selon saint Luc.
En ce temps-là, Jésus dit
à ses disciples : Ne craignez point petit troupeau ; car il a plu à
votre Père de vous donner le royaume. Vendez ce que vous possédez et donnez-le
en aumônes ; faites-vous des bourses qui ne s’usent point, un trésor
inépuisable dans les deux, dont le voleur n’approche pas et que le ver ne
détruit pas. Car où est votre trésor, là sera aussi votre cœur.
Offertoire
Je vous offrirai des
sacrifices avec des cris de louanges ; tous les voeux que je vous ai
faits, je les rendrai.
Secrète
O Dieu, qui habitez dans
les Saints et n’abandonnez pas les cœurs pieux, recevez favorablement nos
offrandes ; et par l’intercession du bienheureux Romaric, votre
Confesseur, libérez-nous des souhaits terrestres et du désir de la chair :
pour que, aucun péché ne nous dominant, nous puissions vous servir d’un esprit
livre, vous le seul Dieu.
Mémoire des deux Octaves,
de la Férie et de St Melchiade.
Préface de l’Immaculée
Conception, en raison de l’Octave.
Communion
Vous m’avez fait
connaître les voies de la vie ; Vous me comblerez de joie par votre
visage, Seigneur.
Postcommunion
Par la vertu de ce
sacrement, accordez-nous, Seigneur, à l’exemple du bienheureux Romaric, de
marchez ensembles sur les chemins de vos commandements : ainsi vous
accomplirez vous-même la bonne œuvre que vous avez commencée en nous, jusqu’au
jour du Christ Jésus.
Mémoire des deux Octaves,
de la Férie et de St Melchiade.
IIIème classe (avant
1960 : double majeur)
Messe comme au diocèse de
Nancy, Mémoires de la Férie et de St Melchiade seulement, préface de l’Avent.
(avant 1955 : Mémoires de l’octave de l’Imm. Conc, de la Férie et de St
Melchiade).
SOURCE : http://www.introibo.fr/Saint-Romaric-abbe#nh1
Also
known as
Romaricus
Profile
Merovingian noble, Lord
of Austrasia, and part of the court of King Clotaire
II. Married layman. Converted by Saint Amatus. Monk at Luxeuil Abbey in
Burgundy (in modern France).
Founded the convent and monastery of
Habendum at Remiremont (Romarici
mons) and served as prior with Amatus as abbot. Romaricus
became abbot in 623, a
position he held 30 years. His two daughters, Adfalduid and Gegoberga, a
grandson and a granddaughter all joined the houses under his leadership. Friend
of Saint Arnulf of
Metz. He died while
on a mission to the Frankish court to
petition for Dagobert to receive the crown.
653 of
natural causes
relics enshrined at
the altar of Remiremont in 1051
church and relics destroyed
in the French
Revolution
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MLA
Citation
“Saint Romaric of
Remiremont“. CatholicSaints.Info. 20 December 2023. Web. 8 December 2025.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-romaric/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-romaric/
Article
(Saint) Abbot (December 8)
(7th
century) A Saint of
the Royal Blood of the Merovingians who, forsaking the Court,
retired to the monastery of Saint Columbanus
at Luxeuil, of which later he was appointed Abbot. He
was zealous for Religious observance of the Rule among his monks.
He is also said to have founded seven convents of nuns,
close the one to the other, with the intent that each in turn should chant the
Divine Praises, so that, neither by day nor by night, should their Psalmody be
interrupted.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Romaric”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info.
8 December 2016. Web. 8 December 2025. <https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-romaric/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-romaric/
St. Romaric
Feastday: December 8
Death: 653
In the account of St
Amatus of Remiremont it
is related how he brought about the conversion to God of a
Merovingian nobleman named Romaric, who became a monk at
Luxeuil; and how they afterwards went together to the estate of Romaric at
Habendum in the Vosges, and established the monastery which was later known
as Remiremont (Romarici
Mons). The father of Romaric had lost his life and
his lands at the hands of Queen Brunehilda, and his young son became a homeless
wanderer; but at the time of
his meeting St Amatus, Romaric was a person of
distinction at the court of Clotaire II, with considerable property and
a number of serfs. These he enfranchised, and it is said that when he was
tonsured at Luxeuil several of these newly freed men presented themselves to
the abbot for
the same purpose. Remiremont was
founded in 620 and St Amatus was its first abbot, but his duties soon devolved
upon St Romaric, who at the time of
his death had governed for thirty years. Among the early recruits was the
friend of Romaric, St Arnulfus of Metz, who about 629 came to end his days in a
nearby hermitage. Shortly before his death St Romaric was disturbed by the news
that Grimoald, the son of another old friend, Bd Pepin of Landen, was plotting
to exclude the young prince Dagobert from the Austrasian throne. The aged abbot made
his way to Metz, where he remonstrated with Grimoald and warned the nobles who
supported him. They heard him quietly, treated him with courtesy, and sent him
back to his monastery. Three days later St Romaric died.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=760
St. Romaric, Abbot
RENOUNCING the court of
Clotaire II. in which he enjoyed the highest honours and dignities, he sold
great part of his estates for the benefit of the poor; and, with the residue,
founded two monasteries, one for men the other for women, at the foot of Mount
Vosge, now in Lorrain. He took the monastic habit at Luxeu, and procured St.
Amatus, a monk of that house, to be appointed first abbot at Remiremont, which
was the name of the monastery which he had built. He spent several years under
his direction in the same house, to which he removed. Upon the death of St.
Amatus he was compelled to take upon him the government of that abbey. The
world, from which he fled, he viewed at a distance with a pious dread, and in
his sanctuary enjoyed that peace which heaven alone can give. The example of
his life, and the severity which he used towards himself, were alone a censure
of the slothful. Charity, sweetness, and humility formed the character of his
virtue. Having made it his chief study, during the twenty-six years of his
abbacy, to learn to die, he joyfully received the last summons, and departed
from this life to a better in 653. His name is inserted in the Gallican and
Roman Martyrologies. See his life written by a disciple, and Bulteau.
Rev. Alban
Butler (1711–73). Volume XII: December. The Lives of the
Saints. 1866.
SOURCE : http://www.bartleby.com/210/12/082.html
Weninger’s
Lives of the Saints – Saint Romaric, Abbot
Article
Saint Romaric was of high
lineage. His father was one of the most renowned princes at the court of King
Theodebert, and served his master faithfully in the war in which the latter was
engaged against his own brother, Theodoric, King of Burgundy. As, however, this
war terminated fatally for Theodebert, the young Romaric lost not only his own
father, but also his estates. Childebert, King of Austrasia, took pity on him
and received him at his court, until later, when by the will of God, he came
again into the possession of his estates. He dwelt also for a time at the court
of Clothaire II and of his son, Dagobert. His conduct, during the manifold changes
of his life, was always that of a Christian, and he was never seen despondent
in dark days, nor haughty in prosperity. Following the advice of the King, he
married a pious Countess, who bore him three daughters, of whom the eldest
married, but the other two consecrated their virginity to the Lord.
While he was at Metz, the
holy bishop, Amatus, came to that city, and excited a great commotion among the
people, by his apostolic sermons. He dwelt at the house of Romaric, who
entertained him with great kindness and hospitality. The gold and silver dishes
and other luxuries of the table gave to Amatus an opportunity to speak of the
vanity of all temporal honors, happiness and pleasures, and of the bliss of
those who for Christ’s sake, leave the world and all its deceitful joys. In
conclusion, he added the words of Christ: “If you desire to be perfect, sell
all you have and give it to the poor, and you shall possess a treasure in
heaven.” Romaric, touched by the grace of God, determined immediately to leave
the world, and serve the Lord in a cloister. Not content with this, he
persuaded his two unmarried daughters and several of his acquaintances and
relatives to choose the same life. Hence, with the consent of his spouse, he
took the religious habit, with thirty others of his own station, and led a most
holy life. After having thus passed several years most piously, he felt an
intense desire to found new monasteries and to fill them with religious, that
the Lord might be the more praised and glorified. With the permission of his
Superior, he went, accompanied by Saint Amatus, to the Vosges mountains,
between Lorraine and Alsace. On the summit of a mountain stood a castle, which
had formerly been a celebrated idolatrous temple. This castle he turned into a
monastery, and built, at the foot of the mountain, seven convents for women.
All these convents were soon occupied by fervent handmaids of the Lord; and it
was made a rule, that as soon as a signal was given from the castle, the choir
should assemble in each of the seven convents, in order that God might be
praised from all at the same time. This mountain was therefore called the holy
mountain, which name it still bears. Saint Amatus administered the functions of
a priest, and at his death, Romaric was ordained to succeed him. He was very
solicitous in visiting all the convents, and guided their occupants in the path
of perfection. After many years, enfeebled by labors and penances, he was
seized by a severe fever, which chained him to his bed. His spiritual children
were much distressed at the thought of losing so loving a father, but he
comforted them, and gave them many wholesome instructions. At last, having
received the holy Sacraments, his soul went to heaven, on a Sunday, in the year
653. His holy body was buried amid great solemnities, and God glorified his
shrine with many miracles.
Practical Considerations
Not to despond in dark
days, and not to be haughty in good fortune, requires great virtue. This virtue
Saint Romaric possessed, and this alone speaks sufficiently in his praise. Do
you possess this virtue? Ah! perhaps just the contrary; for I see that in
adversity you are feeble-hearted, sad and troubled. When, however, all goes
well with you, when you believe you are raised above others, you are haughty;
you despise others and even think no more of the Lord. Correct in future this
two-fold wrong. Should God send you suffering, whatever it may be, despond not.
The same God who sends it to you will also give you grace and strength to bear
it, if you humbly ask for it. He has also the power to take it from you again
and He will do so, should it be for the welfare of your soul. Hence, do not
despond. Hope in God. And if the Almighty sends you temporal honors and
well-being, do not, on that account, feel elevated, and despise not those who
are below you. For, tell me: “What hast thou that you hast not received?” –
from God – “And if you hast received, why dost you glory as if thou hadst not
received it?” (1 Corinthians 4) The same God who raised you above others, or
blessed you more than others with temporal gifts, can also again lower you, and
bless and raise others. Therefore do not sin against Him. “The Lord makes poor
and makes rich, he humbles and he exalts.” (1 Kings 2) “It is an easy thing for
the Lord,” says the Wise Man, “to make a poor man rich.” “He has dethroned the
mighty and raised the humble,” says the divine Mother. Christ Himself said,
that those who exalt themselves, shall be humbled and those that humble
themselves shall be exalted. (Luke 14)
MLA
Citation
Father Francis Xavier
Weninger, DD, SJ. “Saint Romaric, Abbot”. Lives of
the Saints, 1876. CatholicSaints.Info.
3 June 2018. Web. 8 December 2025.
<https://catholicsaints.info/weningers-lives-of-the-saints-saint-romaric-abbot/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/weningers-lives-of-the-saints-saint-romaric-abbot/
San Romarico Abate
ven. a Remiremont
VI-VII sec.
Nella festa
dell’Immacolata Concezione si ricorda anche il fondatore dell’abbazia
benedettina francese di Remiremont, sui Vosgi.
Martirologio
Romano: Sui monti Vosgi nell’antica Burgundia in Francia, san Romaríco,
abate, che, consigliere del re Teudeberto, si ritirò nel monastero di Luxeuil e
costruì poi su un suo fondo un cenobio, di cui fu egli stesso superiore.
SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/91901
Voir aussi : http://orthodoxievco.net/ecrits/vies/synaxair/decembre/romaric.pdf
Den hellige Romarik av
Remiremont (~570-653)
Minnedag:
8. desember
Den hellige Romarik (fr:
Remiré, Romary; lat: Romaricus) ble født rundt 570 i Frankrike. Han var i slekt
med det merovingiske frankiske kongehuset, men det hindret ikke den beryktede
dronning Brynhilda i å gi ordre til hans fars død. Slektens eiendom ble
konfiskert, og Romarik ble tvunget til å forlate fjellkjeden Vogesene (Les
Vosges) i bispedømmet Strasbourg., og i flere år vandret han hjemløs rundt. Men
han var en modig og ressursrik mann, så han arbeidet seg opp igjen. Han var på
et tidspunkt gift og fikk tre døtre. På slutten av 500-tallet var han
tjenestemann ved hoffet hos frankerkongene Theodebert II (596-612) og Klotar II
(613-28) av Austrasia. Han samlet seg en formue og ble eier av et stort antall
livegne.
Men omkring år 600 møtte
han en hellig mann ved navn Amatus, som
omvendte ham til en fast tro på og hengivenhet til Kristus. Han bestemte seg
for et fullstendig annerledes liv og trådte inn i benediktinerklosteret Luxeuil
ved Belfort, som var grunnlagt rundt 590 av den hellige irske apostelen Kolumban den yngre.
Der avla han løftene som benediktinermunk (Ordo Sancti Benedicti –
OSB). Da han mottok tonsuren i Luxeuil, friga han alle sine livegne. Men flere
av dem elsket ham så høyt at de meldte seg for abbeden og fulgte ham inn i
klosteret.
Kong Klotar II, som satte
Romarik svært høyt og kalte ham tilbake som rådgiver, ga ham i år 620 et land i
Vogesene i Alsace som tidligere hadde tilhørt familien. Her i Habendum ved elva
Mosel grunnla han først et nonnekloster, noe som var uvanlig på denne tiden,
men han utvidet det snart til et dobbeltkloster. To av hans døtre ønsket å bli
nonner, og de trådte inn i farens kloster. Senere trådte to barnebarn også inn
i klosteret, en munk og en nonne. Romarik ledet klosteret sammen med Amatus,
som helt fra begynnelsen hadde stått trofast ved hans side og ble den første
abbeden.
Amatus trakk seg snart
tilbake som eremitt i en celle ved klosterkirken, og han kom til klosteret bare
på søndager og festdager for å utlegge skriften og gi råd. Det var Romarik som
hadde den daglige ledelsen, og etter Amatus' død rundt 630 ledet han klosteret
alene som abbed i 25 år. Størrelsen på klosteret (det skal ha vært 600 nonner i
tillegg til alle munkene) gjorde det mulig med en korbønn som foregikk
kontinuerlig hele døgnet, laus perennis («evig pris») ble utført
vekselvis av syv kor.
Klosteret ble senere kalt
Remiremont (Romarici Mons) etter Romarik, og det utøvde sterk
innflytelse på utviklingen av klostervesenet og brakte frem utallige store
personligheter. Blant de første rekruttene var den hellige Arnulf av Metz, en
venn av Romarik, som rundt 629 gikk av som biskop og kom til Remiremont for å
ende sine dager i en eneboerhytte i nærheten. Kort før sin død ble Romarik
uroet av nyhetene om at Grimoald, sønn av en annen gammel venn, den
salige Pipin
av Landen, intrigerte for å avsette den unge prins Dagobert fra tronen i
Austrasia. Den syke og aldrende abbeden bega seg til Metz, hvor han protesterte
overfor Grimoald og advarte adelsmennene som støttet ham. De hørte på ham i
taushet, behandlet ham høflig og sendte ham tilbake til sitt kloster.
Tre dager senere, den 8.
desember 653 (655?), døde abbed Romarik i sitt kloster. Dagobert ble sendt i
sikkerhet til Irland, men fikk igjen sin trone rundt tyve år senere. I 1051
skrinla den hellige pave Leo IX relikviene
til grunnleggeren av Remiremont, noe som tilsvarer en helligkåring. Hans
minnedag er 8. desember og hans navn står i Martyrologium Romanum. Den
nåværende byen Remiremont ligger på det stedet hvor nonneklosteret ble flyttet
til på begynnelsen av 900-tallet. Munkeklosteret fortsatte på høyden ovenfor
helt frem til Den franske revolusjon.
Kilder:
Attwater/John, Attwater/Cumming, Bentley, Butler, Butler (XII), Benedictines,
Bunson, Schauber/Schindler, Gorys, CSO, Patron Saints SQPN, Infocatho,
Heiligenlexikon - Kompilasjon og oversettelse: p. Per Einar Odden -
Sist oppdatert: 2005-07-17 22:46
SOURCE : https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/romarik
Romaricus van Remiremont osb,
Frankrijk; abt; † 653.
Feest 8 december.
Hij moet rond 570 geboren
zijn en stamde uit het Merovingische koningshuis. Zijn jonge jaren bracht hij
door aan het hof van koning Chlotarius II te Metz. Door Sint Amatus († 630;
feest 13 september) werd hij tot het christendom bekeerd. Hij kon beschikken
over grote sommen geld; veel daarvan gaf hij weg aan de armen. Ondanks de
pracht en praal van zijn omgeving leidde hij een sober leven. Bisschop Arnulfus
van Metz († 641; feest 18 juli) probeerde hem over te halen tot een soort
gemeenschapsleven. Maar het was zijn geestelijke vader Amatus, die hem ertoe
bracht als monnik toe te treden tot de kloostergemeenschap van Luxeuil. Deze
was honderd jaar tevoren door Columbanus († 615; feest 23 november) gesticht en
Amatus behoorde daar zelf ook toe.
Op zijn eigen landgoed 'Habendum', gelegen in de Vogezen aan de samenloop van de Moselette en de Moezel, stichtte hij een vrouwenkloostergemeenschap met de strenge regel van Columbanus. Amatus droeg zorg voor de geestelijke leiding van de vrouwen. Maar door de grote toeloop kon hij het werk niet meer aan. Er werd een mannenklooster naast gesticht, dat op zijn beurt leefde volgens de regel van Columbanus. Amatus werd er de eerste abt. Na diens dood volgde Romarik zelf hem op. Bisschop Arnulfus trok er zich terug om er zijn levensavond in de stilte van het gebed te kunnen doorbrengen.
Zeven koren zorgden ervoor, dat er onafgebroken Gods lof gezongen werd.
Vanuit zijn klooster ijverde Romaricus ook voor de kerstening van de Vogezen.
Bovendien liet hij cellen bouwen rond het klooster, die als toevluchtsoord
dienst deden voor leprozen. Hij was zo begaan met het lot van misdeelden en
hulpbehoevenden, dat hem allerlei wondermacht werd toegeschreven.
Na zijn dood op zondag 8 december van het jaar 653 zou zijn klooster naar hem worden genoemd: Remiremont (= 'Romarici Mons' = 'Romariksberg').
Zijn relieken werden in 1051 verheven tot de eer der altaren: d.w.z. dat ze op
het altaar werden geplaatst zodat ze door het volk konden worden vereerd. Dat
was tot 993 de gebruikelijke manier om iemand heilig te verklaren.
[000»Arnulfus-Metz:14; 101a; 111; 122; 143; 293p:237; 307p:95; 500; Dries van
den Akker s.j./2007.11.24]
© A. van den Akker
s.j. / A.W. Gerritsen
SOURCE : https://heiligen-3s.nl/heiligen/12/08/12-08-0653-romaricus.php
Voir aussi : http://orthodoxievco.net/ecrits/vies/synaxair/decembre/romaric.pdf
